Method and apparatus for providing personal audio alert messaging for audio alerting capable terminals

a technology of audio alerting and personal audio, applied in the field of personal audio alert messaging, can solve the problems of inconvenience for both the called party and the calling party, the called party may dial a wrong number, and the called party may not know the identity of the calling party

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-09-27
AT&T WIRELESS SERVICES
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[0005]Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method, apparatus and system for providing personal audio alert messages to a called party and a calling party during a call connection. In response to a call origination by the calling party, a personal audio alert message (PAAM) database may be queried. One or more PAAM strings may be received from a database in respons

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Many times, a calling party may dial a wrong number either because the wrong number was provided to the calling party or because the calling party inadvertently dialed or entered the wrong number.
This can be an inconvenience to both the calle

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[0037 in Table 1 illustrates the use of D-PAAM messages to define a “rule set” that indicates how the incoming call is to be handled. For example, the D-PAAM message indicates when calls from a particular calling party are permitted. Thus, as indicated in Example 4, the subscriber indicates in the called party's record that calls are allowed from Department Store XYZ (i.e., Calling Party ID: Department Store XYZ) Monday through Friday between 3:00 PM and 5:00 PM (i.e., D-PAAM: Calls allowed: M-F 3:00-5:00 PM). Thus, if a call is received from the calling party at 3:30 PM on a Friday, the called party is presented with the O-PAAM message from called party that states “Clearance Sales! l 50% off all merchandise.” Alternatively, if a call is received from the calling party at 1:00 PM on Friday, the call is blocked. In embodiments of the present invention, the calling party can be presented with a message, for example, “The called party cannot be disturbed.”

[0038]The D-PAAM, O-PAAM and ...

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Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method, apparatus and system for providing personal audio alert messages (PAAM) to a called party and a calling party during a call connection. In response to a call origination by the calling party, a PAAM database may be queried. One ore more personal audio alert message (PAAM) strings may be received from a database in response to the query. A first PAAM string, from the one or more PAAM strings identifying the called party to the calling party, may be returned. The call may be routed to the called party. A second PAAM string and a third PAAM string may be returned, from the one or more PAAM strings, to the called party in the routed call. The call is connected if the called party accepts the call.

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TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]This invention relates generally to the field of telecommunications. More particularly, the invention provides personal audio alert messaging to users of communications devices.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Existing telecommunications terminal devices, such as wired telephones or mobile communications devices, use conventional methods to indicate that a call is being connected or that a call is incoming. For example, when a calling party (i.e., call originator) places a call to a called party (i.e., call receiver), a ringing circuit in the central office (CO) switch may generate a ringing tone directed towards the calling party's receiver. The CO switch also generates a corresponding ring directed towards the called party device. Once the called party “picks up” or “goes off hook,” the ringing circuit is removed and the call is connected.[0003]Many times, a calling party may dial a wrong number either because the wrong number was provided to the calling party...

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IPC IPC(8): H04M1/57H04M1/66H04M1/663H04M3/487H04M3/436H04M3/42
CPCH04M1/578H04M1/663H04M3/02H04M3/42H04M3/436H04M3/487H04M3/42017H04M3/4211H04M3/4878H04M3/533H04M2201/38H04M2203/2072
Inventor MARX, JOSEPHYU, LELAND
Owner AT&T WIRELESS SERVICES
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